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239: Lost in America
Act Three

I Found Your Letter

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Davy Rothbart reads from letters, notes, scraps of paper and school papers, which have been lost by their original owners. He collects and publishes things like this in his magazine, Found Magazine. (13 minutes)

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Davy Rothbart

Song:

“Lost in America” by Jon Langford and the Lost in America Tour Band

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